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Meet The First Covid Testing Billionaire
Swabs for Covid testing made Copan CEO Stefania Triva a billionaire. But, despite countless buyout offers, she’s snubbing the dealmakers and keeping the company firmly in the family.
Insurance Billionaires Mark & Robyn Jones Pledge Record $101 Million To Train Nurses In Montana
The largest donation to a nursing school in the U.S. is designed to meet Montana’s urgent need for more nurses—currently in low supply—by 2030.
VC Firm Of Moderna Chairman Dumped $1.4 Billion Of Stock In Two Months
Flagship Pioneering, a VC fund run and majority owned by Moderna chairman and cofounder Noubar Afeyan, sold the shares in late February and late March.
Meet The 40 New Billionaires Who Got Rich Fighting Covid-19
Some made their fortunes developing new vaccines and promising antibody treatments, while others sell much-needed diagnostic tests and personal protective equipment.
Billionaires Making ‘Boatloads Of Money’ From Once-Cheap Medical Gloves
Nitrile gloves have become extremely difficult to find – and expensive – thanks to Covid-19. Amid accusations of profiteering, everyone from Malaysian rubber magnates to Polish upstarts are cashing in.
Inside The Two Biotech Companies Working Together On A Covid-19 Vaccine For Cats
The shot could be effective for dogs, minks and zoo animals, too.
Meet The 50 Doctors, Scientists And Healthcare Entrepreneurs Who Became Pandemic Billionaires In 2020
A surge in healthcare stocks has minted more than four dozen new billionaires from just that sector this year, driven largely by the impact of the Covid-19 pandemic.
Three Billionaires Behind Pfizer’s Vaccine Partner BioNTech Are $2 Billion Richer After It Announces Covid-19 Vaccine Results
The announcement that the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine could be up to 90% effective against the coronavirus led to a surge in BioNTech’s stock, adding billions to the net worths of its founder Uğur Şahin and its largest investors, Thomas and Andreas Struen…
The Covid Vaccine Will Require Billions Of Tiny Glass Vials – And This Italian Billionaire Family Is Making Them
Thousands of employees donned face masks to work around the clock in three daily shifts, seven days a week – making everything from insulin pen cartridges to miniature glass barrels and — most pressingly — millions of tiny sterile vials, each one small…
The Covid Vaccine Will Require Billions Of Tiny Glass Vials – And This Italian Billionaire Family Is Making Them
Thousands of employees donned face masks to work around the clock in three daily shifts, seven days a week – making everything from insulin pen cartridges to miniature glass barrels and — most pressingly — millions of tiny sterile vials, each one small…
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